Suppose you are making $50,000 per year and paying $5,000 per year in income taxes. You get a $10,000 per year raise and your income taxes are now $6,000 per year. Based on this information, the income tax system is
A) proportional.
B) progressive.
C) regressive.
D) bracketed.
A
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Use the concept of discounting to explain why impatient smokers may not quit smoking even though the undiscounted net utility of smoking is negative.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Pollution permit policies achieve an ________ outcome because ________.
A. efficient; firms that have the highest cost of reducing pollution will have the greatest incentive to purchase permits. B. inefficient; the supply of permits is set by the government, and so is perfectly inelastic. C. inefficient; wealthier firms can afford to purchase more permits. D. efficient; firms that have the lowest cost of reducing pollution will be able to pay more for each permit.
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